ENTREPRENEURSHIP

ACTIVITY 1

Tony Tan Caktiong was born in Fujian, China, to Chinese immigrants. He went to Chiang Kai

Shek College for secondary school and earned a chemical engineering degree from the University of

Santo Tomas. When Tan first opened Jollibee, he intended to open an ice cream shop, but he soon

expanded to include hamburgers, french fries, and fried chicken. Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. studied

agriculture at the University of the Philippines and California Polytechnic College in San Luis Obispo,

California. The University of Mindanao awarded him the degree of Doctor of Economics Honoris Causa,

and the Tarlac College of Agriculture awarded him the degree of Doctor of Agri-Business Honoris Causa.

And Henry Sy finished his secondary school at what is now known as the Chiang Kai Shek College in

Tondo, Manila, and graduated from Far Eastern University with an Associate of Arts degree in

commercial studies in 1950. He learned English and Filipino at the same time as he was in school

(Tagalog).

Their field of entrepreneurial activity is incompatible with the entrepreneur's educational background or

expertise since, according to what I've read, their courses or their bachelor's degrees greatly differ from

the business they established. Yet, they made it big and became successful.

These entrepreneurs are known for being hardworking, enthusiastic, dedicated, and committed. They all

have such characteristics, making them one of the wealthiest people in the Philippines, if not Asia. They

strive harder more than anyone else just to make their dreams a reality.

They gained and learned the required abilities for their chosen profession because their educational

backgrounds were so dissimilar to their area of employment or industry. Maybe, they were really
passionate about their chosen business that even if it was not aligned to their educational backgrounds,

they still pursued it.

Finally, they employ others in their company. They need someone to work for them and perform the tasks

they can no longer accomplish since their company is so huge. They can't handle it on their own, and if

they do, they won't be able to satisfy their increasing client base.

ACTIVITY 2

TRAITS RATING
1 2 3 4 5
Opportunity-seeking ✓
Persevering ✓
Risk Taking ✓
Demanding for efficiency and quality ✓
Information-seeking ✓
Goal setting ✓
Planning ✓
Persuasion and networking ✓
Building self-confidence ✓
Listening to others ✓
Demonstrating leadership ✓
TOTAL POINTS 0 2 12 20 5

ACTIVITY 3

ACTION PLAN

Identified Traits for What you need to do to What or who can help How will you identify
Improvement improve you your success
1. Persuasion and I need to improve my My friends and family If I made someone
networking communication skills can help me. believe in my words
and I need to work on and that they trust in
persuading others into me.
believing me.
2. Demonstrating I need to improve my My friends, family, and If people will follow
leadership leadership skills and the teachers can help me be me with all their hearts
 way I lead others a better leader. and trust my process of
should not be doing things.
tyrannical.
3. Building self- I need to improve and My friends and family If I can confidently talk
confidence build my self- are always there to help and share my views in
confidence and me build my self- front of others, then it
improve on how I confidence. is a success.
present myself and not
be shy in front of many
people.
4. Opportunity-seeking I need to improve my My friends, family, and When opportunity
opportunity-seeking professional present itself while I’m
skills because acquaintance can help seeking for it means I
opportunity will not me seek opportunities. succeed.
come my way when I
want it.
5. Risk Taking I need to improve and The support from my If I took a risk even if
change. I need to be family and friends will I’m afraid means I
bold and brave to take a be of great help. improved and
risk and not be passive succeeded to be another
when there’s a chance. version of myself who
isn’t afraid of taking
risk.

ACTIVITY 4

1. REFLECTION: “Business ideas are not business opportunities… unless they solve problems.”

An idea is rarely valuable, but an opportunity is based on a more detailed vision of a prospective

future business endeavor. However, opportunities are worthless unless they provide a solution to a

specific problem. We all have business ideas but not all solve problems. Meaning, a business can’t be

establish if it does not offer the needed solution of the customers and developing a useful product to fill

the void and improve people's lives. In order for it to be called opportunities, it should be able to fill the

needs and offer solutions, and close the gap.

2.

MARK ZUCKERBERG

The Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his pals Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes,

and Eduardo Saverin. It allowed users to establish their own accounts, post photographs, and connect with

other users. He solved a problem of not having connection and through Facebook, he helped thousands of

people connect to their loved ones, most especially those who are thousands of miles away from their

family.

LARRY PAGE & SERGEY BRIN

They co-invented Google's PageRank algorithm and founded Alphabet in 2015, which comprises

Google, Nest, Calisco, and other companies. And they solve a huge problem in which we can easily

access to information and with just a few clicks, what we need can easily be found on Google.

RYAN BLAIR

Ryan overcame dyslexia and ADD to create his own auditory learning system, something which

the current educational system failed to do. He is also an author and he also established foundations and

philanthropic work which helped a lot of people.

DR. DRE

Dr. Dre released brands of headphones. He solved a problem wherein headphones can be used to

block out other people's hearing of the sound, whether for privacy or to avoid bothering others, such as

when listening at a public library. They can also deliver a higher level of sound quality than similar-

priced loudspeakers.

3.